Trabzon Province

Akyürek Deposed from Office - Severe Neglect in Dink Case

Chief of Police Intelligence Office Ramazan Akyürek was removed from office. Akyürek was chief of police in Trabzon before the Dink murder and had employed Erhan Tuncel as an under-cover police informant. The Supervisory...

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Turkish police chief demoted over journalist killing: report

Agence France Presse Oct 16 2009 Turkish police chief demoted over journalist killing: report ANKARA, Oct 16 2009 The head of the Turkish police intelligence department, under investigation over the 2007 killing of...

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Le Figaro issues a map with Armenia’s borders marked in compliance with Treaty of Sevres

PanARMENIAN.Net/ Le Figaro has published a map where Armenia’s borders are marked in compliance with Treaty of Sevres. The map of energy corridors going through Turkey was drawn by CIA and U.S. Department of Energy, freelance...

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EU Doubts Trial Procedures of Dink Case

The EU Progress Report criticizes the quality of investigations concerning court cases. High-profile trials like the Dink murder case raise doubts about the role of security forces and their cooperation with the judiciary. Also...

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Blues festival to feature 23 gigs in 20 cities

The 20th edition of the Efes Pilsen Blues Festival, an annual traveling celebration of blues music, will begin tomorrow and run through Nov. 21, featuring 23 concerts in 20 cities. The festival is preparing to host the world's...

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Basic questions still unanswered during Dink trial's 11th hearing

Woensdag 14 oktober 2009 | Reporters Without Borders ] Essential issues were again left unaddressed at the 11th hearing on 12 October in the trial of the newspaper editor Hrant Dink's alleged killers before an Istanbul court

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Really, What Happened In '68? Rebellion, Revolution, Struggle...

Nadire Mater borrows the famous quote for the title of her latest book where she talks to 21 of the leading figures who took to the streets that year in Turkey. The book places the 68 movement in context -both locally and...

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Struggle for homosexual rights strikes the football field in Turkey

After a referee came out on television recently and was subsequently stripped of his refereeing license, Turkey’s football culture and its fledgling LGBT movement were further pushed into the spotlight.

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Behind the prison walls in Sinop

In Sinop's Old Prison, a red admiral butterfly was slowly folding and unfolding its wings as it feasted on a mulberry fallen from a tree that filled the center of the courtyard. The Old Prison must be Turkey's most unexpected...

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Police tries to defend organizers of Dink’s murder

PanARMENIAN.Net/ A report on the threat to Turkish-Armenian journalist Hrant Dink’s life was tampered with and toned down before being sent to Istanbul. In particular, the sentence ’Yasin Hayal will murder Hrant Dink whatever...

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